Appliance for making set-up boxes



June 7 1927. 1,631,492 I E. w. LABOMBARDE APPLIANCE FOR MAKING SET-UP BOXES Filed June 15, 1926 Patented June '7, '1,9271Y UNITED Strass nnln'w. Landi/Lisanne, lor ivxisiruifgnew` Henneman.

I @retienen roza 'Minime snr-"ur isoxns;

almacenan inte-alarme virs, ieee. serial' 'No'. 116;223,

This V'invention relates *to the lina-nuiaoture of :pap'erboxes 'and has particular reference to mechanisnifor `making what are known as setlup Ior wall boxes, -or the -covers 'for '5 such boxes. f

h/lachines which automatically feed blanks and fold them with Iglue-coated portions' pressed together arewell known, an example of suc-h machines being illustrated, "describedand claimed -in Letters-Patent No. 1,281,982 issued Ito-me @ctober '15, 31918. cih-ines are 'rapid in 'operation ibut are-expensive v'and consequently are fusedfonly by box makers whosesales are large.

The object of the present invention isf-to provide, for )the yuse 4"of box lmakers whose outeput Iis comparatively small, mechanism which yfacilitates :the completion Y of bones lnostofft'he folding of which is effectedmanualy VFor this lreason'the mechanism yor Plience instead 'of a-=machine- 1 rlvlhe invention consistsv inthe construction and combination of ipa-res substantially as V liereinafteidesoribed andvfolaimed.-

.Of the .accompan'yingv drawings 'FiEigure il Ais a side elevation of the pliance.

Figures $0v tratingrthe operation of the appliance.

vFi-gm-'e d is a Aplan view fof lone Vform ori shape of blank adapted to-be operated v,upon

by 4the appliance. f

`Figure-o 1s a perspective view fof lafpori# tion of the blanktoillustrate'the `conditionor "form "to which it hasf been manually vfolded and ready to be completely folded and pressed by the appliance."

Figure 6 Vrepresents a longitudinal section of a box member which has been completed y by the appliance.

Similar reference 'similar parts in all of the views.

VSupported by ak suitable base 12is an upright 13 from which a lateral ledge 14 projects. Rigidly secured lto the said ledge is a form block 15 having a slight recess 16 in its upper face. Preferably the form block is removable soV that different sizes thereof may be employed according to the work to be done. The outer end of the form block is bevelled rearwardlyso that the said block resents an acute angled tip. Pivoted at 17 toa bracket or lug 18 of the upright 13 is an arm 19 havinga form block 20 mounted onits upper end and preferably device V=referred to herein-is `termed lan -app n r a vertical-openingl .inuts forward fend for the shank :33 -of 'presser 34, saidshank `b`eiQ-vand are similar vie-ws Iillus characters designate correspond with the outer face #of the gstationary-bleek Suitablefmeans are proe vided y"to limit the swingingv .movements of'` the erin-129', such Ias fa threaded 'rod 21'pro- A and extending.- v

jeeting from-'the upright 13 throughy -fa fhole vin the swinging arm, ,and provided with stop members 22. Y

Pivoted at QB'to the upright 1:3

end, said finember preferably? consisting cfa arm Q4; The. saic'lzarm 24 'islnormally :held by :a :spring upright, inthe position indicate'dlin Figure 1, saidjnornialfpositionfbeing determined by a .pin 28 of fthe arm coacting with ltliey upper end of-a .slotiiinthe upright 113. i

SR-i'voted fat 30 -to fthe upright, -v`above :the pivjotfQBof'the -ar1n2d,=is' a lever 31 Shaving by :a .link '35 with a `foot leverl 36 .ipivoted :at

37 to the ylowerportion"ofltheZ upright.

.v'In ,the :use -fof the appliance illustrated, blank such las illustrated :by .Figure 4 .is

manually rm'oved across a gluing device (a brush or wheel) so as to apply stripeseto the .endfifiaps rl, this '.ki'nd-y ofuworl;` being usually done by girls. Y Before ithe Vlglue hasv 24 havingfabending member Qoat @its outer 70. 26 :attached to :allug 27 ofkthe i .s

timeft'o dry.,niaterially,thevgirl converts one l n endkof the `,blank @to :the form [illustrated 'by Eigure i5, first bending Sup fthe side flap fb,

and 4iturning the two `corneriflaps fo #toward` .each other,l and then bending or folding the end portion dup against the outer faces of` the two inwardly folded corner flaps, leaving the glue-carrying flaps al unacted upon.

' She then mounts the partially hand-folded blank on the form block 2O whilethe latter is in the outer position illustrated by Figure l, thenv depresses the arm 24 vso thatl its strip or blade 25 bends the iiap al down as illustrated by Figure 2, then releases the arm y105 24 and pushes the swinging arm k19V back by simply pressing against thefportion' of the blankV which covers the outer face ofthe block 20, this movement of the block 20 causing the downwardly broken or deflectedn flap d to first engage the angular tip of the stationary block member 15 and then be bent back under the cornerflaps c,v this doubled portion of the blank theiioccupying the re cess 16 of the block l5. Thefoot lever 36` is then actuated to cause the presser 34 to be brought down to the position illustrated by Figure' 3 and held Vthere for such brief length of time as may be necessary to cause the glue which is carriedpby lthe end flap d to frmlyadhere to the corner flaps c which i Y Q are then between said Iend flap d andthe.

portion d.y i ,Y `After one end of the blank has been acted upon as described, the'foot lever iis-releasedl Vand the presser moves up under the influence yofV any; suitable 'spring or counterweight `which latter may consist of the link 35', the arinl9 is'svvung lout, the boxV removed from the block member 2O and tlien the operation Y described is repeated on the j flaps at the other end of the box,

, By changes off-sizes of the members l5;

and 2O which support thek box during the pressing and glue-setting operatioii,the .ap-

' pliance is readily adapted for the making deep or shallow. p

While I havexillustrated the presser` as brought into operation by depressing a foot of Widely differing sizes or shapes ofvvboxes,

v lever, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself thereto. Obviously thepressei lever 3l may be actuated by any Well-known 'power/mechanism brought into action lby a clutch controlled by the footlever,v Without departing from the spirit of my iniention..

said appliance having two members for en- IIaving now `described my invention, I claimrf- I g il. Mechanism of the character. described, comprising` a divided support for a box end, one of the; members of said support being ,movable relatively to the other, anda lpresser movable toward and from the surface of said support. v

n 2. An appliance for making set-up boxes,

gaging the inner surfaces of overlapping portions of a box, one of said members being movable relatively to the other to provide` a space intoivvhich a box portion can be bent, Y ymeans for bending a portion of a box into support. y y 5. A box-making appliance vcomprising a` stationary jforin bloclny a ,pivoted arm having such.spacepandmeans for exerting pressure onthe outer surface of a box mounted on said members. y

3. A box-making^appliance comprising a stationary block, `fa second blockV movable relatively to the stationary block, said blocks having flat upper faces, a flap depresse'i-.for

acting on a flap of a-box Wlien the movable blockV is displa'ced,-ai1d a Vpresser movable toward and from vthe faces of said blocks.

4, A b oxfmaliing appliance comprising [a divided supportfor a. boxend, oneiof the members of said support being niovablei'elay tively to the other, said other member liav-.

V4ingJ an acutefangledtip, and a presser mov able toward and -from-*the surface of said a form iblocl at its upperend, a flap bender movable to and from the space between the bloclspwhen the are se Varated and a c ,Y i

presser movable toward and lfrom thejupper y faces of said lviloclts.

, (LA box-making appliance comprising a stationary ,forni block lhaving its front faceat an `acute angle toits upper face, a pivoted arm having at its'upper end Vaform block proviclecl-n'itli a rearfface at an obtuse angle relatively toitsupperface, a' flap bender movable to and from the space between the blocks vvwhen they .are separated, and.y a

presser movable toward and ,from the upper faces of the blocks.'

7. A bonnie-king,appliancecomprising an pivotally supportedl by the upright,` andr` a presser carried by said lever.

Intestimony whereof I have afixedrmy signature Erin W LABoiviiaiiim'n1 

